Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs Samsung Exynos 1080
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Dimensity 920 vs Exynos 1080 SoCs, manufactured by Mediatek and Samsung respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Dimensity 920
- Dimensity 920 has 18.75% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (950 vs 800 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1080 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1080
- Exynos 1080 has 12.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 ( 2800 vs 2500 MHz).
- Exynos 1080 has 16.67 % smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 ( 5 vs 6 nm).
- Exynos 1080 has 39.85 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 ( 697 K vs 498 K).
- Exynos 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 139277 | 178651 |
| GPU | 128453 | 251983 |
| Memory | 96272 | 127596 |
| UX | 134315 | 138654 |
| Total score | 498317 | 696884 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | - |
| Score | 2003 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2500MHz | 2800MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 12 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MC4 | Mali-G78 MP10 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 10 |
| Shading units | 64 | 160 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 320 |
| FLOPS | 684 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 3.0 | Neural Processor |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | - | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 2770 Mbps | Up to 5100 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1280 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | August 2021 | November 2020 |
| Class | Mid-range | Mid range |
| Model number | MT6877T | S5E9815 |
| Official page | Dimensity 920 official site | Exynos 1080 official site |